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Letters Patent No. 63,587, dated Apm'l 2, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVBLLING-BAGS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ZACHARIAH WALSH, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Travelling-Bags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others Skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to a new and improved mode of attaching the leather, cloth, carpet, or other material of whichthe sides or body of the bag is composed, to the metallic jaws or frame thereof, whereby a very strong and durable connection of said parts is obtained, and the connection formed with the greatest facility and at a triiing expense. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure lis a side view of a portion of a travelling-bag constructed according to my invention.

fFigures 2, 3, and 4, transverse sections of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a portion of one of the metallic jaws or one side or part of the frame of a travelling-bag, composed of a sheet-metal strip bent in right-angular form in its transverse section, as shown in figs. 2, 3, and 4. To the inner surface of the portion a of this jaw there is secured by rivets b a plate, B, and in iig. 2 this plate is shown swaged longitudinally at its lower part to form a recess, c, to receive a hem, d, at the edge of the leather, cloth, or other fabric, C, of which the sides of the bag are composed, the lower edge of the plate B pressing against the fabric C just below the hem d. In fig. 2, the portion a of the jaw is swaged to form the recess c to receive the hem, the plate B being perfectly il'at or straight in its transverse section, and the lower edge of a pressing against the fabric below the hem. In iig. 3. both the plate B and the portion a of the jaw are swaged to form recesses, c e, the lower edge of a extending. below B. The fabric C will be firmly secured to the metallicframe by any of these modes, as they arc substantially the same. The fabric s not only firmly clamped between the plate B and the portion a of the jaws or frame, but the hein d effectually prevents the fabric drawing out from between said parts.

I would remark that, if necessary or desired, the hem-d ofthe fabric may enclose a cord, in order to secure a requisite bulk or diameter. In thick fabrics, such as leather, carpet, etc., I do not deem this necessary, but if a thin fabric be used it may be desirable. I would further remark'that a hem, d, may be dispensed with if certain kinds of fabric, C, be used, such as leather, brussels carpet, etc., as the lower edges ofB or a will clutch the fabric sulhciently tight to hold it securely.

I do not claim fastening the material between metallic plates which embrace the hem in a recess, the rivets passing through the material, as described in Roulstones patent, December 4, 1866, but having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement upon the frame a or the plate B, one or both, of a bent edge adapted to clamp the material at the point of its departure from the frame, the recess adapted to receive the hem being outside of the line of rivets, as herein described and represented.

ZACHARIAH WALSH.

Witnesses:

J. A. SERVICE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

